MARKEY: CARBON REDUCTIONS EFFORTS MUST BE MIGHTY, NOT MINUSCULE
Washington, DC - Large-scale reductions in global warming pollution with a national program to achieve those reductions, not one-year small-scale blips, are what’s needed to effectively combat global warming, said Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) today. Yesterday the Energy Information Administration released statistics showing that carbon emissions had dropped by 1.3 percent in 2006, as compared to 2005, attributing the decline to a warmer winter, decreased use in the dirtiest fossil fuels like oil and coal, and a spike in energy prices.
Below is the statement of Chairman Edward Markey of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming:
“We need mighty efforts, not minuscule ones like we are seeing from this administration. We need an 80 percent reduction in global warming pollution and a national program to get us there, not a one percent reduction that disappears with the next energy cycle.
“This blip in emissions proves that moving our country away from fossil fuels can reduce heat-trapping pollution, but that we need a mandatory program to produce the steady, sizeable reductions needed to protect the climate and move towards a cleaner energy future.”
“California and many European countries prove that it’s possible to have robust economic growth while being smarter about energy use and reducing carbon emissions.
“Just last week the Select Committee heard from the Swedish Prime Minister, who represents a country that has cut global warming pollution by 7 percent between 1990 and 2005 while Sweden’s economy has grown by 36 percent during the same period.
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